River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-08-18
NORTHMEsTEKN NEWS.


the spring and nerve characteristic of
America.
NORTHwEsTERN NEWS.
A Chicago dispatch of the Sth. makes
the following startling statement: A local
paper summing up the many reports re-
ceived by it of drought, prairie fires, ruined
crops etc, says this morning: There is am
area, perhaps 5000 square miles, in the
Northwest where the dust lies heavy upon
the earth. The district is bounded by Madi-
son on the north, Bloomington on the south
Lake Michigan on the east and the Mssis.
sIppi river on the west. IL is within thu
limits of these boundaries that the vegeta-
tion has lost its normal color and the earth
its moisture. Already the land encom-
passed by these boundaries has been
hlackened by wild fires. In some towns
the people are often called on three or four
times day to fight the flames. Destruc-
tive fires have been raging for many DAYS
at Kenosha. Racine and Walworth counties
in Wisconsin. Thousands of acres have
been swept 10y the flames and the loss to
farmers in hay, grain, fencing and build
ings is very great. Above Madison the boys
are burning fiercely. and the pungent
smoke hangs over the country for miles
around.
A beautiful l6-page book, 12x15
inches, the Iages Of which are watered
silk, has been sent to President Cleveland,
having the following invitation from the
committees
Mr. Presidents On behalf of the people
of the State of Minnesota we hereby extend
to yourself and Mrs. Cleveland am earnest
and cordial invitation to visit the state this
fall and stop at such points as may be con
venient to you. In extending this invita-
tion we desire TO express the qualification
which all our citizens will feel at your ac
ceptance. IL Will be our pleasure to show
you the wonderful natural W alth Of the
Northwest, and the splendid development
which has been wrought by the pluck and
energy of Its citizens, as well as TO extend
TO yourself and Mrs. Cleveland such per
sonal courtesies as may lie i'm our power.
We trust Mr.. President, that YOU will not
regard this invitation as a mere fOrmality,
hut as an earnest desire both TO meet YOU
personally and 10 pay our respects 70 the
great office which you hold.
The rain which visited the drouth
beseiged section of Wisconsin Thursday, did
both good and harm. Reports from the
lumber districts where forest fires were
raging are to the effect that rain checked
the progress of the flames and gave relief
for the time being Frank johnson, far
buried under the debris of his barn and
killed. At Portage a large number of
buildings on the fair grounds were de-
molished and the corn crop i'm that section
almost ruined. A number of bridges in
Fond du Lac county were swept away At
Horizon a number of buildings were I'M
rooted. Ignatius Jantz a farmer, was killed
by lightning near Ripon. Apple and other
trees were stripped of their fruit. At
Wood county, lightning struck
the barn of J. F. Kohlof, destroying it.
Thursday afternoon Renville. Mimi,
felt the breath of q genuine tornado, for
were moved to all points of the
compass. Mrs. Ham, wife of p. Ham,
agent for the Fredericksen Land company,
was instantly killed Gustaf Krieger,
living in the township Of Hora, was badly
injured and will probably die. Grain
stacks in the path of the storm were blown
down and the grain partly, if not wholly,
ruined. Gardens are total wreck The
path of the storm was about a mile wide
and five or six long. Unprotected pane
glass, in the village, on the west, north and
east sides of buildings was broken. The
damage from this alone will be $500 The
damage to buildings and grain is estimeted
from $4,000 to So, 600. People sought their
cellars or the loss of life would have been
greater. Large pieces of ice fell during the
storm.
A small cyclone passed over the
southern part of jefferson, Iowa, Thursday
evening, doing considerable damage. The
wind then blew terrific gale, airing up
trees and breaking them into pieces, blow
ing chlmneys down and tearing of rafters.
Several were broken by the heavy
lailstones. The corn was cut up consider
ably, but not seriously damaged. The
storm was of a purely local nature, ant was
A sill
storm visited Dayton, Webster county,
blowing down several houses but inflicting
no loss of life. Northeastern Iowa, where
the drOuth has been the severest, was
visited with cOplOus rains. 1t comes too
late to save the corn in that section, but
viii bring great deal of relief in other
ways
A morning or two since the crew of
a freight train found, lying by the side of
The Manitoba r. r., not far from Perham,
Mimi, man in an insensible condition,
who afterwards gave his name as William
De Long. His story is that he had taken a
passenger train from st. Paul the evening
before and was en- route TO Dakota. Soon
after midnight he got "a seat to himself and
ell asleep. In his sleep he imagined that
here was about TO be a collision, and he
arose. rushed to the platform and leaped
rom the train, which was running at full
p ed. His injuries are Collar bone broken,
Two ribs broken, face and head badly cut.
There are fears of serious internal injuries.
De Long was accompanied by a friend,
Who did not miss him until morning.
The Minnesota State oil inspector
has filed his annual report showing the
work done in the several counties of Mime
iota during the year ending July 81, 1881.
The total number of packages inspected
Turing the year was -, 4S9, or about 4,E24,-
30 gallons. The following amounts were
elected, not having stood he required test
# nos: Nov. 4, 1856. nineteen barrels for
he Northwestern Star Oil company, Min
leapolis, from the Northwestern Refining
Lima, o.; Nov. 9, 1856, forty-six
barrels rejected for same company, from
anne refinery; July ,, 1887, 100 barrels for
i. 1887, one barrel for Standard Oil com
ANY, Luverne, from Standard Oil COM
ANY, Cleveland, q.
A dispatch from Leon, Iowa, states
hat body of twenty-five to thirty masked
county Jail and took out James Reynolds,
yho criminally assaulted Mrs. Noble two
weeks ago. The men took him TO a bridge
ust west of town and hung him over the
ailing. They knocked the locks off five
loors in order TO get to him, and were
3efore hanging him the mob tried to get
Tim to confess to the deed, but he refused
o say a word. They then put the rope
Iround his neck and pushed him over the
dge of the bridge. In a few minutes he
vas dead. The mob then quietly rode
way, leaving him hanging there.
At La Crosse, Wis, Thursday after
loon John Sheridan, an old citizen aged
ifty-five years, while standing on loaded |
wagon. stumbled and fell to the ground. He /
allied for help saying he had broken his /
leck, which. on examination, proved 10 be /
fac He lived about twenty minutes He /
caves a wife and five children, mostly /
.rown up. At ) O'Clock that same after !